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"While “AI” certainly has some useful applications, a lot of the folks in
charge of the trajectory of LLMs clearly want to use it to build a giant, badly
automated ouroboros of lazy internet slop that shits out ad money without the
need for pesky labor. You see this most profoundly in media, where a bunch of
far-too-clever lads rushed to integrate under-cooked, broadly misunderstood
LLMs with disastrous results.
These folks could be using AI to make work more efficient; instead they’re
using it to cut corners, undermine labor, and fill the internet with a parade
of mindless, pointless, low-quality clickbait slop. The sort of lazy engagement
bait that hoovers ad money and attention away from folks who actually have
something useful to say or contribute.
As it turns out, training LLMs on this kind of slop doesn’t work out well for
anybody."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
